HAECO hangar hit.
 

Happened just after a post maintenance test flight. In the last two days.

http://i.imgur.com/AdljLbhl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Kvvy9s9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hFKN3Ntl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/doOP2tb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qOkuZHT.jpg


Can't take credit for the pics, found online.

'tis but a flesh wound! Nothing some speed tape and a good Mong Kok panel beater couldn't fix.

Nice photo's there SMOC, looks like that's going to take a bit of explaining at the hats on interview.

That would be N127UA

UA does its -400 heavy MX in HKG. She had flown in on August 6. for scheduled heavy MX and WiFi dome installation.

She had just completed her first test flight before the accident and was being prepared for return to service....was to operate HKG-SFO in a day, with N120UA going in for MX.

So after 2 months of work and a test flight. The destroy the vertical stab and significantly damage the horizontal stab.

:D

Expect this is further fruits of the cost saving measure of reduced manpower. Well done, its seems to be working. How many damaged aircraft is this in the last year, three?

I think that's probably past tense now!

Ouch.
Notice while the tail is still up close to the wall the APU is still running ( inlet door open)

These things happen all over the world not just HAECO.

Remember the brand new VA A330 busting a wing on a JQ A330 in MEL?

Remember the AA 767 that caught fire in LAX during maintenance?

Remember the Thai A300-600 moving forward and destroying a MD11 in the old BKK maintenance base during an Engine run?

Remember the Airbus A340-600 jumping the blast fence while under Airbus pre delivery Engine runs?

There are many many more all around the globe.

Nothing new here, so stop using this as anti Cx/Haeco propaganda...:D

Fool me once....
 

Fool me twice, shame on me!!

Cast your mind back just over a year, and you may recall they damaged a stab on a CX A330 (HLG)

In most places, following the first incident, there'd be procedures put in place to avoid a repeat.

Yeah well maybe they have a thing for backing Aircraft into hangars!!

I dunno but 2 doesn't make the Haeco/Cx world come crashing down....

Then again, it's one way to hurt the competition...
:E

Swire and the acceptable risk model seems to have reduced from the 1/1,000,000.

Standby for the CX/KA model next.

It's all about economics, they think they will be long gone before the next event!

Betcha it doesn't make CXWorld either!

United is probably very happy to collect the insurance on the ol' whale. I'm sure it would have ended up as beercans within a couple years anyways.

If anything, they will probably increase maintenance with HAECO on the hopes that it happens again.

N127UA aka Ship 8427 is line number 1221. Delivered August 2. 1999. (Second to last UA -400 delivery).

Has roughy 60,000 hours on the clock. Lufthansa retired a handful -400s with 110k + hours over the past year.

No doubt she will stay in the fleet until the A350s start arriving.

Get over to airliners.net and see how the experts there have got it all Sussex and solved.:oh:

Nitpicker330,

It appears you defend all things Hong Kong. First, it's the CX roster disruptions. Now, it's more HAECO ramp rash. What next? Are you going to tell us how clean the air in Hong Kong is? Please consider your own irrational bias.

CXorcist

Yes cxorcist and all of your posts bash CX and the Airbus, at least one of which you have absolutely no knowledge of at all!

Max Reheat,

IMO, it appears you need more vector and less thrust. Can't say the same for your beloved Airbus;) Now back to reminiscing about the Mirage 3, another fantastic piece of French aviation. Gotta love that first turn!

Fighter Jock! Splooosh

Nope I'm not blindly defending CX or HK. I took a base to get away from all the crap in the Harbour city but for gods sake keep it all in perspective. :ok:

Thats not even a maintenance bay - WTF was the guy doing reversing the a/c here?!